Professional services shore up staffing as insolvency cases loom amid virus outbreak
The move also comes amid a broader pre-Covid-19 push for Singapore to be Asia's debt restructuring hub
Singapore
AS MORE businesses buckle under strain amid the virus outbreak, some firms in the professional services are boosting their restructuring and insolvency (R&I) practice with more aggressive hiring.
Firms offering legal, auditing and consulting services told The Business Times that they have seen a spike in queries relating to R&I in recent months, and are looking at hiring more to deal with cases of businesses winding up.
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